6 Plön – Neumünster
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Plön – Neumünster in 2013
State	Schleswig-Holstein
Population	223,000 (2019)
Electorate	174,908 (2021)
Major settlements	Neumünster Plön
Area	1,302.4 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1976
Party	SPD
Member	Kristian Klinck
Elected	2021

Plön – Neumünster is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Bundestag. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 6. It is located in central eastern Schleswig-Holstein, comprising the Plön district, the urban district of Neumünster and part of the Segeberg district.^[1]

Plön – Neumünster was created for the 1976 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Kristian Klinck of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).^[2]

Geography

Plön – Neumünster is located in central eastern Schleswig-Holstein. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the district of Plön and the urban district of Neumünster, as well as the Amt of Boostedt-Rickling from the Segeberg district.^[1]

History

Plön – Neumünster was created in 1976 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of Rendsburg – Neumünster and Plön. Originally, it comprised only the district of Plön and the urban district of Neumünster. In the 2002 election, the Amt of Boostedt-Rickling was transferred to Plön – Neumünster from the Segeberg – Stormarn-Nord constituency.

Members

The constituency has frequently changed hands since its creation in 1976. It was first held by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1976 until 1983, during which time it was represented by Horst Jungmann. It was then won by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), and represented by Karl Eigen for a single term. Former SPD member Jungmann regained it for a single term in 1987. The CDU's Helmut Lamp won in 1990, but it again returned to the SPD in 1998. From then until 2009, it was represented by Michael Bürsch. Philipp Murmann of the CDU won the constituency in 2009, and was re-elected in 2013. He was succeeded by party fellow Melanie Bernstein in 2017, who was defeated by the SPD's Kristian Klinck in 2021.

Election results

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Plön – Neumünster[3]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	SPD	Kristian Klinck		41,497	31.4	2.5	38,670	29.2	5.4
	CDU	N Melanie Bernstein		36,870	27.9	12.8	30,290	22.9	10.7
	Greens	Martin Drees		20,740	15.7	6.7	23,051	17.4	4.9
	FDP	Gunnar Schulz		12,420	9.4	2.2	15,901	12.0	0.6
	AfD	Alexis Giersch		9,404	7.1	0.7	9,741	7.4	1.2
	Left	Gabi Gschwind-Wiese		3,718	2.8	2.6	4,232	3.2	3.3
	SSW						3,203	2.4
	dieBasis	Karina Reiß		2,508	1.9		2,007	1.5
	Tierschutzpartei						1,446	1.1
	PARTEI	Jana Käding		2,196	1.7		1,300	1.0	0.0
	FW	Manfred Koch		2,386	1.8	0.8	1,275	1.0	0.4
	Team Todenhöfer						415	0.3
	NPD						242	0.2	0.2
	Volt						230	0.2
	Humanists						111	0.1
	V-Partei3						98	0.1
	ÖDP						94	0.1	0.1
	LKR	Jürgen Joost		223	0.2		94	0.1
	du.						70	0.1
	DKP						34	0.0
	MLPD						23	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,759			1,194
Total Valid votes				131,962			132,527
Turnout				133,721	76.5	1.2
	SPD gain from CDU		Majority	4,627	3.5

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Plön – Neumünster[4]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Melanie Bernstein		53,109	40.7	3.0	43,778	33.5	5.2
	SPD	Birgit Malecha-Nissen		37,728	28.9	8.6	31,013	23.8	9.0
	Greens	Susanne Elbert		11,736	9.0	2.6	16,350	12.5	3.3
	AfD	Bernd Wiegmann		10,223	7.8	4.0	11,161	8.6	3.9
	FDP	Martin Wolf		9,379	7.2	5.3	16,481	12.6	7.3
	Left	Lorenz Gösta Beutin		7,009	5.4	1.6	8,503	6.5	1.7
	PARTEI						1,342	1.0
	FW	Holger Steffen		1,305	1.0		749	0.6	0.0
	BGE						632	0.4
	NPD						479	0.4	0.6
	ÖDP						186	0.1
	MLPD						61	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,224			1,199
Total Valid votes				130,489			130,514
Turnout				131,713	75.3	2.6
	CDU hold		Majority	15,381	11.8	5.6

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Plön – Neumünster[5]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Y Philipp Murmann		54,833	43.7	5.1	48,683	38.8	6.7
	SPD	Birgit Malecha-Nissen		47,085	37.5	4.1	41,094	32.7	4.3
	Greens	Bernhard Dierdorf		7,979	6.4	3.4	11,577	9.2	3.3
	AfD	Arne Stanneck		4,837	3.9		5,901	4.7
	Left	Lorenz Gösta Beutin		4,708	3.8	2.6	5,987	4.8	2.4
	FDP	Martin Wolf		2,322	1.9	8.2	6,722	5.4	10.5
	Pirates	Peter Matthiesen		2,167	1.7		2,154	1.7	0.1
	NPD	Daniel Nordhorn		1,162	0.9	0.2	1,159	0.9	0.1
	Tierschutzpartei						1,004	0.8
	FW						711	0.6
	Rentner						535	0.4	0.5
	Independent	Frank Schepke		319	0.3	0.4
	MLPD						46	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,681			1,520
Total Valid votes				125,412			125,573
Turnout				127,093	72.7	0.3
	CDU hold		Majority	7,748	6.2	1.0

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Plön – Neumünster[6]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Philipp Murmann		48,136	38.6	3.9	30,110	32.1	4.2
	SPD	Birgit Malecha-Nissen		41,683	33.4	13.6	35,557	28.5	11.0
	FDP	Martin Wolf		12,515	10.0	6.5	19,772	15.8	6.2
	Greens	Sebastian Fricke		12,187	9.8	5.9	15,701	12.6	4.9
	Left	Esther Hartmann		7,871	6.3		8,936	7.2	2.7
	Pirates						2,281	1.8
	NPD	Jens Lütke		1,363	1.1	0.2	1,315	1.1	0.1
	Rentner						1,095	0.9
	Independent	Frank Schepke		924	0.7
	DVU						131	0.1
	MLPD						42	0.1	0.0
Informal votes				3,292			3,031
Total Valid votes				124,679			124,940
Turnout				127,971	73.1	5.6
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	6,453	5.2

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